Which Kind of DNA Should Provide the Best Molecular Clock

question 41

Multiple Choice

Which kind of DNA should provide the best molecular clock for determining the evolutionary relatedness of several species whose common ancestor became extinct billions of years ago?

• A) that coding for ribosomal RNA
• B) intronic DNA belonging to a gene whose product performs a crucial function
• C) paralogous DNA that has lost its function (i.e., no longer codes for functional gene product)
• D) mitochondrial DNA
• E) exonic DNA that codes for a noncrucial part of a polypeptide